INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES

Individual and Family Support Services assist clients with medical, legal, and social challenges. We have on-site resources and connect with other community-based organizations to make sure that every client has the support they need to succeed.

School and Community Engagement

We work with families to address the achievement gap among immigrant children in Stamford Public Schools:

Homework and Enrichment Club*

Individual and small group tutoring

POWER (Parent Organizing Program)

Summer Reading Program

Ferguson Library Bookmobile

Family Nights

Life skills workshops

*Please see schedule below

Immigration Legal Services

B1C is accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as a provider of high quality, low cost immigration legal services. We have a staff immigration attorney and a team of staff and volunteer representatives who have gone through rigorous training and passed an exam to become accredited and qualified to provide immigration counseling.

Services available at B1C include:

We have an on-site immigration lawyer, as well as a team of certified staff and volunteers to help with family-based and victim-based cases:

General consultations

Naturalization

Family Petitions (with Adjustment of Status Applications or consular processing)

Green Card and Employment Authorization Card renewals

Temporary Protected Status visas (new and renewal)

Victim visas (VAWA, U-visa, T-visa)

Unaccompanied Minors (SIJS) immigration component processing

Limited court representation (only as part of an application for some form of relief)

Provisional waivers

Our Immigration Legal Services team also conducts legal clinics, information sessions and educational presentations throughout the community, sometimes in partnership with other organizations.

Friday

Saturday

Immigration News

Due to a federal court order, USCIS is now accepting applications to renew DACA. Please note that this is available to people who already have DACA and not to those who want to apply for the first time.

On January 8, 2018, President Trump announced the termination of TPS for El Salvador as of September, 2019. El Salvador joins now the other countries for which TPS has been terminated, such as Haiti and Nicaragua. For information on re-registration, visit uscis.gov/TPS, and to determine other immigration options consult with an attorney of an accredited…

Nicaragua: TPS designation for Nicaragua has been terminated effective January 5, 2019. Unless an alternative lawful immigration status has been received by this date, Nicaraguans must leave the U.S. or face deportation. Nicaraguans with TPS are required to re-register and reapply for Employment Authorization Document between December 15, 2017, and February 13, 2018. * Honduras: TPS…

On October 8, 2017 the Trump Administration issued its long-awaited “Immigration Principles & Policies”. Trump’s accompanying letter to Congress states that these “reforms must be included as part of any legislation addressing the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.” The policy paper provides details on Border Security and Interior Enforcement. It also…

On September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration rescinded the DACA program set up by Executive Order of President Obama in June, 2012. DACA allowed some 800,000 young persons that were brought to this country as children to obtain work authorization, while Congress worked its way to a more permanent solution. What will happen now? USCIS…

The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, a Congressional bill supported by President Trump, would alter the immigration landscape by drastically reducing legal immigration. Among other things, it would eliminate the Diversity Visa Program and family petitions for adult sons and daughters of US citizens and permanent residents, and those for siblings…

Kate’s Law, a law imposing harsher punishments on immigrants who were previously deported and returned to the United States illegally, and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which cuts off some Federal grants to Sanctuary Cities that do not work with ICE, passed the House in late June. The bills are the first tangible legislation…

Nury Chaverria, a Norwalk resident with four US citizen children, one of whom is disabled, received a stay of deportation and was able to return home. Chaverria, an undocumented US resident for 24 years, had been attending regular ICE check-ups since 2011, receiving stays of deportation each year. In June, Chaverria was told she had…

The Trump Administration has gone from telling Dreamers to “rest easy” last April to not being able to commit to defending DACA should it be challenged in court. The Texas AG leads the push to end DACA but the case has not been filed in Federal Court yet. On the other hand, the DREAM Act…

The Travel Ban went into force at 8 pm on Thursday the 29th after the Supreme Court decided to allow parts of the ban to move forward . The ban affects residents of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. It does not apply to anyone with “a credible claim of a bona fide relationship…

Helpful Resources

American Community Survey (ACS) -helps local officials, community leaders and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed information about the American people and workforce.

American Immigration Council - Learn more about the costs of immigration enforcement and the ways in which the U.S. can enforce our immigration laws humanely and in a manner that ensures due process.

New York Immigration Coalition - member organizations that helps foster immigrant community leadership and civic engagement, and puts immigrants at the table in the major public policy debates of the day

United We Dream - the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation

Welcoming America - helps communities across the country achieve prosperity by becoming more welcoming toward immigrants and all residents.

Building One Community is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.